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To: ealgeone

Can you elaborate?

Easter and Christmas used to be pagan celebrations.


5 posted on 10/25/2019 10:03:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind
https://www.gotquestions.org/Christmas-pagan-holiday.html

https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-Christmas.html

For consideration.

7 posted on 10/25/2019 10:06:46 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: SeekAndFind
Regarding Easter...

https://www.gotquestions.org/Easter-pagan-holiday.html

8 posted on 10/25/2019 10:07:55 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: SeekAndFind

The gods and goddesses of Ancient Rome became the saints and martyrs of Christianity. It was the conversation of paganism to the belief in one God.


31 posted on 10/25/2019 11:13:05 AM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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To: SeekAndFind
Easter and Christmas used to be pagan celebrations.M\

From what I learned the early Church deliberately chose those dates for holy days.
Christmas was chosen on the first day of winter to "celebrate" the end of the darkest days of the year and the beginning of the longer-LIGHT days...the days of Jesus' life on earth.

That's what I learned. Maybe you learned differently.

Easter was paired up with Passover.

51 posted on 10/25/2019 7:05:27 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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